induct /in-duktˈ/

1. To introduce
2. To put in possession, as of a benefice, to install
3. To enlist into military service, to conscript (N American)
4. To induce (physics)

inductˈance noun

1. The property of inducing an electromotive force by variation of current in a circuit
2. A device having inductance

inducteeˈ noun (N American)

A person enlisted into military service, a conscript

inducˈtion noun

1. A bringing or drawing in
2. Installation in office, benefice, etc
3. The initiation of labour or abortion artificially, as by administering drugs (medicine)
4. A prelude
5. An introductory section or scene
6. The act of inducing (archaic)
7. Magnetizing by proximity without contact
8. The production by one body of an opposite electric state in another by proximity
9. Production of an electric current by magnetic changes in the neighbourhood
10. Reasoning from particular cases to general conclusions (logic)

inducˈtional adjective

inductˈive adjective

inductˈively adverb

inductˈiveness noun

inductivˈity noun

inductˈor noun

induction coil noun

An electrical device consisting of two coils of wire, in which every variation of the current in one induces a current in the other

induction course noun

A short course for new employees to familiarize them with the workings of the company, their role, etc

induction hardening noun

A process for hardening metal surfaces by induction heating followed by rapid cooling

induction heating noun

The heating of a conductive material by means of an induced current passing through it

induction lighting noun

A form of lighting that uses long-life, energy-saving, phosphorus-coated induction lamps containing not filaments but a magnetic coil and mercury gas

induction loop system noun

A method of sound distribution in which signals fed into a wire loop are received via headphones or hearing aids by those inside the area enclosed by the loop

induction motor noun

An electric motor in which currents in the primary winding set up an electromagnetic flux which induces currents in the secondary winding, interaction of these currents with the flux producing rotation

induction port or induction valve noun

A port or valve by which steam, or an explosive mixture, is admitted to the cylinder of an engine

induction by simple enumeration

Logical induction by enumeration of all the cases singly

induce /in-dūsˈ/

1. To draw on
2. To prevail on, make, cause, encourage (to do something)
3. To bring into being
4. To initiate or speed up (labour of childbirth) artificially, as by administering drugs (also intransitive verb) (medicine)
5. To cause, as an electric state, by mere proximity (physics)
6. To infer inductively (logic)
7. To bring in (obsolete)

To reason or draw inferences inductively

—See also induct and induction below

induceˈment noun

1. The act of inducing or that which induces
2. A means of persuasion
3. Incentive, motive
4. A statement of facts introducing other important facts (law)

inducˈer noun

1. Someone who, or that which, induces
2. An agent which increases the transcription of specific genes (biology)

induˈcible adjective

induced abortion see abortion under abort

induced current noun (elec)

A current set in action by the influence of the surrounding magnetic field, or by the variation of an adjacent current

induced radioactivity noun

Radioactivity induced in non-radioactive elements by neutrons in a nuclear reactor, or protons or deuterons in a cyclotron or linear accelerator

inducible enzyme noun (botany)

An enzyme produced only in response to an inducing agent, often its substrate

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